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McPherson, Douglas – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe how and why Texas A&M University at Qatar (TAMUQ) has developed a system aiming to effectively place students in freshman and developmental English programs. The placement system includes: triangulating data from external test scores, with scores from a panel-marked hand-written essay (HWE),…
Descriptors: Student Placement, Educational Testing, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Sullivan, Robert, Ed.; Shaw, Danielle, Ed. – Urban Education Collaborative, 2010
Over the last 10 to 15 years, a variety of efforts to transform American high schools have gained both public and private support. Significant among these are initiatives to implement Small Learning Communities (SLCs), part of a larger school reform and restructuring effort designed to address a variety of goals, including "downsizing large…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, High Schools, School Restructuring, Federal Aid
Brown, Betty Byers; Ives, Lawrence – Brit J Disor Commun, 1969
Descriptors: Adults, Aphasia, Case Studies, Educational Diagnosis